This morning Thursday , off to a good,ish start as we had a few locks to do .
 Last night was spent out in the country , no houses near so  a peaceful night but again a repeat of a previous problem in that there was an underwater ledge so that we had to moor on loose ropes and use the plank to reach land but this again meant that when the wind got up during the night we tended to roll and bang on the stone so Hilary told me although I never really noticed it. Any way we have now arrived at Market Drayton quite a nice market town  good charity shops Hilary came back well stocked up including some Calvin Klein jeans at a bargain price .
Our journey for the day amounted to five locks and around two miles as our transition through the locks was quite slow as there was a lack of water with boats waiting to go up as we went down so we had to work it that we passed each other in the intermediate pounds all adds to the fun. one section further on was single width for half a mile with only a couple of places  to pass and of course we had to meet another boat just under a bridge so we backed up to the lay by and used  the bow thrusters to push her into the bushs , something to be said for gadgets ,and allowed the other boat to squeese past .
Our mooring tonight is just on the edge of town so plenty of company with other boats.
As today is our forty third !!wedding anniversary we have been out for a meal tonight  to a nice pub nearby run by two "boys" one originally from Newcastle good to talk to will go back again.